Several bacteria from the Clostridium genus produce botulinum neurotoxins—the most potent biological toxins known—that cause botulism by blocking neurotransmitter release from nerves. Typically, the ...

Just southwest of New Orleans, in a tranquil fishing village on the Louisiana bayou, Linard Lyons spent the morning on his 19-foot boat, preparing crab traps for his grandchildren just like he had ...

This manuscript describes the identification and characterization of 12 specific phosphomimetic mutations in the recombinant full-length human tau protein that trigger tau to form fibrils. This ...

Abstract: Cryogenic circuits are currently employed in fields such as quantum computing, particle detectors, magnetic resonance imaging, and space applications. While cryogenic circuits are being ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. Here, we take advantage of this in vitro uncoating assay to ...

Abstract: Quantum computing holds the potential to solve problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. However, realizing practical large-scale quantum computers faces critical challenges, ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, is spreading in Gulf and East Coast waters during peak summer months. Louisiana and Florida have reported multiple deaths, while Massachusetts recently ...

Distinct temporal spiking response properties of ON-transient (ON-T) versus ON-sustained (ON-S) RGCs. (A) Maximum intensity projection z-stack fluorescence images of ON-T (left, cyan) and ON-S (right, ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Defense-associated reverse transcriptase (DRT) ...

Martin A. Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, United States Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), Brandeis University, Waltham, ...